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olbriar said:
A couple of things about the photo... The bearing wall has a massive header and the wall looks to be 2X6 construction suggesting it is designed to carry a great load. The joist that were cut shows two that are doubled up which also suggests a heavy load. The joist spacings were decreased across the area of the plumbing also suggests a heavy load. The odd part of the picture is that one of the doubled up joists is only a single joist on the left side of the drains.
The one thing that is obvious, the area was constructed to carry a lot of weight and now it can't.
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Hot/Spa tub, wait till the new owner, fills it up !
 
Sometimes, it’s very easy to tell that the tile guy hates electricians…

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^ - precisely what the puddin' head builders of our house did to this structure. They did the STUPIDEST things to these houses! One example is the dryer vent cover on the house exterior: it's one of those with 4 little horizontal flaps that open when the dryer is blowing air, and close when it's not. Great for keeping critters out... unless one of the flaps comes off (the house is over 20 years old). Problem is that they installed the vent cover BEFORE adding the vinyl siding - and while it presents a cleaner appearance, I can't replace this cover without removing the vinyl siding on that exterior wall. And good luck getting it back on without it breaking, since it's brittle with age! If I replace old siding with new siding, it won't match the rest of the wall (or house). So the ol' Chief had to redneck it and put a strip of duct tape over that horizontal opening. Looks better and keeps out the critters, but not good for dryer ventilation since I've reduced the flow by 25%...
 
The_Chief said:
^ - precisely what the puddin' head builders of our house did to this structure. They did the STUPIDEST things to these houses! One example is the dryer vent cover on the house exterior: it's one of those with 4 little horizontal flaps that open when the dryer is blowing air, and close when it's not. Great for keeping critters out... unless one of the flaps comes off (the house is over 20 years old). Problem is that they installed the vent cover BEFORE adding the vinyl siding - and while it presents a cleaner appearance, I can't replace this cover without removing the vinyl siding on that exterior wall. And good luck getting it back on without it breaking, since it's brittle with age! If I replace old siding with new siding, it won't match the rest of the wall (or house). So the ol' Chief had to redneck it and put a strip of duct tape over that horizontal opening. Looks better and keeps out the critters, but not good for dryer ventilation since I've reduced the flow by 25%..
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The_Chief said:
^ - precisely what the puddin' head builders of our house did to this structure. They did the STUPIDEST things to these houses! One example is the dryer vent cover on the house exterior: it's one of those with 4 little horizontal flaps that open when the dryer is blowing air, and close when it's not. Great for keeping critters out... unless one of the flaps comes off (the house is over 20 years old). Problem is that they installed the vent cover BEFORE adding the vinyl siding - and while it presents a cleaner appearance, I can't replace this cover without removing the vinyl siding on that exterior wall. And good luck getting it back on without it breaking, since it's brittle with age! If I replace old siding with new siding, it won't match the rest of the wall (or house). So the ol' Chief had to redneck it and put a strip of duct tape over that horizontal opening. Looks better and keeps out the critters, but not good for dryer ventilation since I've reduced the flow by 25%...
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May I make a suggestion?
Duct tape won’t keep out critters.
Get some 1/4” hardware cloth, cut it to fit the opening, then zip tie it into place (drill four holes in the round vent to pass the zip ties through).
Good luck.
 
ozonetrooper said:
Those louvers just snap in and out, if your is not broken buying another one and just using one of the blades should work.
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For a Navy Chief who's known for thinking outside the box to solve things, your obvious solution eluded me. Thank you, my friend, for the suggestion: I bought the new cover, removed and cleaned the three existing louvers, replaced a bent one and now the cover closes neatly.

With all four removed, though, I was unnerved by the buildup of lint in the vent tube - it was a fire looking for a place to happen!

I removed the tube from the dryer and the wall; took it outside and cleaned it out nicely with a vent brush; cleaned & reinstalled everything and set the the dryer on air fluff for 10 minutes to blow out any remaining lint. Problem solved, crisis averted, and the ol' Chief is grateful for the assist!
 
With all four removed, though, I was unnerved by the buildup of lint in the vent tube - it was a fire looking for a place to happen!
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The line to the dryer should be cleaned with a brush or compressed air at least once a year.

I have cleaned them when the build up is inches thick.

The exhaust air is not only hot but damp and it clings to the walls of the exhaust parts like paper mache and builds up the same.

Only once have I seen a fire in one but that was once enough ! ! !
 
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